Hose-rack.



M. SGHNAIER.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.30,1909. RENEWED 00T.10I 1913.

1,079,026, Patented NOV. 18, 1913.

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ATTORNEY W'TNESSES l INVENTOR M. SGHNAIER.

HOSE RAGK.

APPLICATION FILED 1220.30, 1909. RENEWED 001 .10, 1913.

1,079,026. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR I MILTON SCHN/i/ER 1 I BY ATTORNEY M. SCHNAIER.

HOSE RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED DEG.30,1909. RENEWED OUT.10,1913. 1,079,026, Patented N0v.18, 1913.

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3 INVENTOR 5 UM/L 70/1/ SC/f/VA/ffi a 35 N BY \k '1; W4, "a; ATTORNEY MILTON SCHNAIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y..

HOSE-RACKi Application filed December 30, 1909, Serial No. 535,621. Renewed October 10, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 794,514.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be .it lmown that I, MILTON SoHNAmn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of. New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Racks, of which the follow-- ing is a full, clear, and exact specification.-

controlled independently of the hose that is to say, the valve must be opened by and or after the hose has been gradually removed or delivered from its support..- In consequence hereof, after the hose has been removed or delivered ,a delay is incurred in turning on the fluid, WhlCll delay is of greateryor less duration according to the character of valve used and its condition.

The main object of the present invention is to overcome the above-described disadvantages, and to render the-supply pipe instantaneously available, at will, permitting the apparatus to be operated automatically through the medium ofthe hose, which may likewise be instantaneously and bodily delivered or withdrawn from its support, so that simultaneously with theremoval or delivery of the hose for use, the supply of fluid is turned on. The fluid used in putting out a fire is usually water, but this invention is not restricted to use in connection with a supply of water, but is also adapted for use in connection with steam or a suitable gas, such as .carbon-dioxid.

A further object of said invention is to provide valve operating means which is adapted to engage a line of hose in such manner that the codperation of the said means and said hose will act upon the valve to maintain it in required normal position.

A still further object of said invention is to provide means for supporting a line of hose in loops ready for dellvery at will, and

to supply means for automatically turningr y starid-pipe 10 provided with a branch 11,

. an annular valve seat 18.

on the fluid supply when the hose nozzle has companying drawings, showing a desirable form of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing: one

form of valve mechanism and a hose-rack supported by a stand-pipe, a portion of the valve-casing bein broken away, and in section to disclose t e valve; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same parts, with the exception that a hose is not shown, and that the valve mechanism is shown in longitudinal section, partly in elevation; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig: 2 partly broken away.

Referring to said drawings, the fluid supusually water, may be conducted by a with which is connected a valve-casin 12 by means of a suitable coupling 13. aid valve-casing 12 has a suitable screw connection 14 for receiving the coupling of a line of hose such as 15, and is furthermore provided with a web or partition 16 having a suitable opening 17 around which is formed The said valvecasing 12 is provided at its under side with a cylin rical housing 19, which opensinto the casing, and at its upper side with an internally threaded neck 20, into which neck is screwed a removable cylindrical housing 21,

which is closed at its upper end by means of a screwcap 22. The housings '19 and 21 referredto provide casings or holders for the helical actuating springs 23, 24 for the diskvalve 25, which is of the reciprocating type, and supported upon a longitudinally movable valve-stem or spindle 26.

Means are provided for confining the valve actuating springs 23, 24 in their appropr-iate housingsor casings. The spring 2451s confined in position by means of a nut or collar 27 whlch is screwed onto the upper end of the val-vewstem 26, and bears upon Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

the upper end of said spring 24, and by a plate or disk 28 which is seated in a recess 29 of the valve casing below the neck 20, and

the upper end of said spring 23, and screw neck 33 screwed to the lower end of said housing 19, and upon which the lower end of said spring rests. The said collar or flange 32 is guided in its movements with the valve-stem upon the inner wall of said housing 19.

' The valve-stem or spindle 26 is guided in its longitudinal movements by the'screw neck 33 and the disk or plate 28, and passes through the valve opening 17, so that by lowering or exerting a pull upon the valvestem the valve 25 is caused to seat against the valve seat 18, and when the said Weight or pull is released the valve is again unseated due to the expanding of the springs 23, 24. The said valve is preferably packed at its under side, as by a rubber disk washer 25 and the said valve-stem'or spindle, andv the valve thereon are-held against rotation by means of a tongue'or rib 34 which projects from the plate or disk 28 into the guide opening for the valve-stem, and enters a longitudinal groove 34 in one side of the valvestem. The said tongue and groove connection between the upper guide and the valve spindle prevents the turning of the projected lower portion 35 of the valve-stem, which is in the form of a crank. It will be seen that the cranking of the valve-stem at 35 is for the purpose of positioning the hose-rack proper 36 asclose to thest-and-pipe 10 as possible, so that the said hose-rack will project as little as possible, and so that the hose-rack will not twist the valve-stem' around and will be in the best position with reference to the hose connection 14 of the valve-casing which is located above said hose-rack.

The hose-rack proper may be of any suitable type, preferably that shown, and consists of a support 37 preferably in the form of a bar suitably hung on the crank portion 35 of the valve-stem, lugs 38. projecting from opposite ends of the support 37, and a hinged shelf or platform 39 provided with oppositely extending pivots 40 which may turn in suitable bearings in said lugs 38. In addition, said hose-rack comprises a latch or tripping device 41 pivoted at 42 to one end of support 37 and forming a throat 43. The free end of said latch is adapted to engage under plate 39 on one end of the shelf or platform 39 so as to support it'in horizontal position. Preferably the said shelf or platform 39 is composed of a back-bar 44 provided with a series of projections or pins 44 forming hangers whereon the hose, such as 15, may be supported in loops in wellknown manner, while the nozzle 15 of the hose may be confined in the throat 43 of the latch 41 when the latch is in engagement with and supporting the shelf orplatform 39, upon which the main or greater portion of the hose rests.

The entire apparatus being preferably of the constructionshown and described, the hose 15 connected with the valve casing 14 can be supported in position ready for immediate use, and the weight thereof may be utilized to hold the valve 25 seated so that no fluid will flow into the hose. The normal po* sition of the parts is shown in Fig. 1 where it will be seen that the hose 15 is supported upon the shelf or platform 39 maintained in a horizontal position by the engagement of the latch 41 therewith, while the weight of the hose upon the valve-stem 26 serves to draw the same downward and maintain the valve 25 normally seated so that no fluid can flow through the valve opening 17.

When the hose is required for use the nozzle 15 thereof is pulled away from the latch41, and the latch disengaged from the end or plate 39 on shelf or platform 39,

. whereupon the weight of the line of hose causes the hinged shelf 39 to fall like a table leaf, and discharge the hose bodily from the rack. The position of the rack, composed of the bar 44 and pins 44, and related or connected parts immediately after the discharge of the hose is shown in Fig. 2, and it will be seen therefrom that immediately the rack and the valve-stem suspending it are relieved of the weight of the line of hose, the spring 23, 24 will act upon the valve-stem to raise the valve 25 from its seat, and thus permit fluid to flow through the valve opening 17 and into the hose. The opening of the valve is, therefore, accomplished automaticallyimmediately upon the discharge or removal of the hose from its supporting shelf or platform, so that no unnecessary delay will be occasioned in obtaining a stream of water or other fluid from the hos-e, as would be the case if the valve had to be actuated independently by hand.

Not only may the described apparatus be used for automatically delivering a fluid in the form ef wat r or gas, but obviously it may also be in connection with a pneumatic cleaning 'tem or the like for supplying compressed air or producing vacuum at a nozzle.

Obviously the invention is susceptible of various modifications, as the parts may be diiferently arranged, parts omitted and parts substituted without departing from the general scope and spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to show by Letters Patent is 1. In a hose-rack, the combination with-a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source of supply, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valvestem, a hose attached to said outlet and sup ported from said valve-stem to close said valve, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the withdrawal of the hose, substantially as specified.

2. In a hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, a valve casing connected with said source of supply, of a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valve stem, a hose support carried by said valvestem, a hose attached to said outlet and resting on said support to close said valve, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the withdrawal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

3. In a hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source of supply, and an automatically opening valve controlling the outlet of said casing, and a stem suspended from said valve, and a hose attached to said outlet and supported by said valve-stem to maintain said valve closed, substantially as specified.

4. In a hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source of supply, a downwardly acting valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valve-stem extending through said valve casing, means secured to and carried by the lower portion of said Valve-stem for-closing said valve, adapted to be engaged by a line of hose, and a spring acting to raise said valve upon disengagement of said hose for use, substantially as specified.

5. In a. hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve casing connected with said source of supply, a downwardly acting valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a hose attached to said outlet, valve-stem extending through said valve-casing, of a hose-support secured to the lower portion of the valve-stem and serving to close said valve, and a spring acting to raise said valve upon the removal of said hose for use, substantially as specified.

6. In a hose-rack, the combination with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing supported by said pipe, a valve controlling the outletof said casing, a hose attached to said outlet, a valve-stem extending through said valve-casing, of'a hose-support carried by the lower portion of said valve-stem and serving to move said valve in one direction, and means acting upon said valve to move the same in an opposite direction upon the withdrawal of the hose for use, substantially as specified.

7. In ahose-rack, the combination with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing supported by said pipe, a vah'e controlling the outlet of said casing, a valve stem, a hose attached to said outlet and supported from said valve-stem to close said valve, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the removal of the hose for use, substantially as specified.

8. In a hose-rack, the combination with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing supported by said pipe, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a hose support, a hose attached to said outlet and resting on said support to close said valve, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the removal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

9. In a hose-rack, the combination, with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing supported by said pipe, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valve-stem, a hose-support carried by said valve-stem, a hose attached to said outlet and resting on said support to maintain said valve closed, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the removal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

10. In a hose-rack, the combination with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing supported .by said stand-pipe, and an automaticallv opening valve controlling the outlet of said casing, and a suspended stem on said valve adapted to support a hose attached to said outlet to close said valve, substantially as specified.

11. In a hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source of supply, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a hose supporting shelf or platform, a hose attached to said outlet and resting on said support to -maintain said valve closed, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the removal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

12. In a hose-rack, the combinationwith a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing eonnccted with said source of supply, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valvestem, a shelf or platform suspended from said valve-stem and adapted to support a line of hose to close said valve, and means acting upon said valve to open the same upon the removal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

13. In a hose-rack, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source of supply, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a valve-stem, a hose-supporting shelf or platform suspended from said valve-stem, a hose attached to said outlet and resting on said support to maintain said valve closed, and means acting uponsaid valve to open the same upon the removal of said hose from said support, substantially as specified.

14;. In a 'hose-rae-k, the combination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-casing connected with said source oil supply, a valve controlling the outlet of said casing, a

- depressible hinged shelf having-a series of spaced hangers adapted to sustain a looped or folded hose, means for connecting said shelf with said valve, whereby the Weight of said hose is caused to close said valve, and

tripping means for upholding said shelf,-

substantially as specified.

15. In a hose-rack, the rcombination with a source of fluid supply, of a valve-easing connected With-said sourceof supply, a valve newness controlling the outlet of said casing, a hose connected With said outlet, a depressible hinged shelf having a series of spaced hangers adapted to support a looped or folded hose, means for connecting said shelf wlth said valve so that the gravity of said hose may be transmitted to said valve to close it, and tripping means for upholding said shelf, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and -State of New York, this sev enteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and nine.

CONRAD A. DIETEND, LESTER 'G. TAYLOR. 

